Singapore Biennale 2006
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Saturday, April 03, 2004
Unframed-7
Lee Wen
Venue: p-10
Add: 10 Perumal Road Singapore 218777 (Next to Farrer Park Mrt)
Tel/Fax: 6294 0041
Dates: 6-13 April 2004 (by appointment)
Performance: 8pm, 6 April 2004 (Tue)
www.p-10.org
Unframed-7 is a performance conceived in 7 parts. A 7-day exhibition of unframed works accompanies it and is being organized in 7 days. It is a response to the increasing sophistication and proliferation of contemporary art productions, which inevitably, submissively take a form to fit within the framework of our social structure. A social structure that demands cultural production to be entertaining, entertaining and entertaining, almost taking priority over mind and soul. Becoming more complex, yet threatening to over-simplify due to populist desires, Technically-challenged and yet rigidified as if to frighteningly mirror the forces based on the globalized market-based society we have evolved into.
1) 4'33" (a rendition of John Cage composition by a non-musician)
2) Read
3) I promise not to make boring art.
4) Desires
5) A and E
6) PoMoEmo
7) Rusty
"to be on the edge of the void, to radicalise human experience; as close as possible to the unpresentable; to be precise and faithful; to discern the fractures; vacillate the law, its dysfunctioning; its deviation."
- Adapted from the writing of Joao Maria Gusmao
p.12 Veneer/folheado catalogue, Belfast, Catalyst Arts 2003
* p-10 is an independent project space focusing on the development of
artwork and the areas surrounding the practice of art.
Friday, April 02, 2004
YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS UNITED 2004
YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS UNITED (YPU) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Belgium.
Its role is to help promising photographers around the world develop their skills and become artistic entrepreneurs.
The YPU foundation supports young photographers by offering:
Experience: The photographers will be involved in international photography projects.
Knowledge: A forum will be created through which participants can learn (i.e. about software packages), exchange
information, and receive services.
Promotion: YPU projects and photographers will be promoted with a website, exhibitions, and other
communication tools, including postcards and press releases.
By young we mean young in the professional world of photography
We would like to ask your help with spreading the word.
Currently, we are finishing applications of young photographers that want
to join the foundation and become member of YPU03.
Till today no photographer of ASIA did apply.
We think it would be in every ones interest to have a young photographers of ASIA present.
For more information of how to apply, just send us an email.
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AND we would have already a little paid job.
We are currently working on a proposal for a modest photo project.
A company wants to make a photo book with portraits of its employees in it. As the company has affiliates in Europe, Asia and the USA, they are forced to work with different photographers in order to reduced the travel costs.
We have already engaged a photographer in the US and Europe, have asked us to look for a photographer who can do the photography in Asia.
Project information
Concept: it concerns portrait photography of an individual. The creative concept will be determined by the company so the photographer just has to use his/her technical skills to make the portrait.
Timing: month of march
Material to be used: (6*6 or 6*7)camera, slides, outside but studio flashes at the side
If you interested in this paid job, please send us some of your work asap.
Of course it is important that we can see in this work that you work on 6*6-6*7, can make portraits, use studio flashes .
If you don’t fit the description, please send us coordinates of your friends-young photographers. Thanks
Warm regards
The YPU team
P.S. Please check out www.ypu.org (NEW! :left corner booklets)
Thursday, April 01, 2004
Address: 32 Maxwell Road, #01-05, Whitehouse
Artgroup: Media Hive
City: Singapore
Comments: Media Hive offers film and video courses to working professionals and students. Currently, we are launching a 16 mm Filmmaking course on April 17 and Comedy Writing workshop on April 26. For further information on registration for our courses, please contact us at 62234420.
Name: Jeanine Lim
Phone: 62234420
Url: http://www.mediahive.org
Zip: 069115
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Dear fellow artists
Plastique Kinetic Worms was recently awarded an additional space next to our existing unit at Kerbau Road.
The space is now up and running and is open to proposals for classes and workshops to all practicing artists.
Rental for the space is at S$30 per hour and bookings for the space is now open. Please call in to check on availability of the space.
CLANG. A SELF PORTRAIT
A solo exhibition by John Clang
Friday 11th June to Sunday 11th July 2004
Jendela Gallery, The Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
At a Glance
CLANG. A SELF PORTRAIT. is New York-based artist John Clang's visual diary of expressions on issues that he feels relevant to his identity as a Singaporean. Through a series of photography works featuring a disarmingly real protagonist by the name of BeOn , Clang reflects on topics as diverse as reactions to last year's SARS epidemic and universal loneliness in the HDB heartland. Witty and tongue-in-cheek, there is nevertheless a serious undertone to Clang's work that deftly captures the poignancy of dreams and realities shared in Singapore urbanscape.
About the Artist
John Clang has exhibited his art internationally since 2000. Backs (2001), his solo exhibition at the DVF Studio, New York, was soon followed by Porn? (2002), a group show at Proud Galleries, London. Last year, Clang held two solo exhibitions - Fear of Losing the Existence Bank (2003) in Los Angeles and They were in Colour (2003) at the Galerie Colette, Paris. Clang first exhibited in Singapore as a member of the controversial (and now defunct) Singapore art group 5th Passage. His works were also shown in a group show at the Singapore Art Museum in 2001. Clang. A Self Portrait.,Clang’s first solo exhibition in Singapore, will be held in 2004 at the Jendela Gallery, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay.
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Pantheon - Innards of Consciousness
@ Chromos Block of Biopolis, Singapore
Artist: Chng Nai Wee
Media: Recomposible mixed media panels
Year 2003 Installation
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
UTTERLY ART invites you to the preview and opening reception of
PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS
paintings and drawings by KIKO ESCORA
FRIDAY 2nd April 2004 7pm Utterly Art Exhibition Space
208 South Bridge Road 2nd Level, Singapore 058757
Tel: 6226 2605 E-mail: utterlyart@pacific.net.sg
Mon-Sat 11.30 am - 8 pm Sun 12 noon - 5.30 pm
The exhibition runs till Sunday 18th Apr 2004.
Recently elected to one of the 13 Artist Awards by the Cultural Centre of the Philippines (an important recognition given to the most promising mid-career Filipino visual artists), Kiko Escora will be returning for his second solo painting exhibition in Singapore, Personal Encounters, where he delves into his experiences and paints chance encounters with friends and strangers around him. Some are melancholic images, about people living in a fast paced urban society, how they cope, and the things they discover in the process of coping… and others are undeniably pop in their inspiration, with electric swathes of colour. The range of Kiko’s artistic oeuvre can be observed in this single exhibition, from deft, stylish charcoal imagery, to haunting, tortured figurative paintings, to his more recent commentaries in pop with panache.
X Ray: Spatial Approaches and Processes
3 – 26 April 2004 · An exhibition at Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
NEWS RELEASE
Five local artists explore space at Earl Lu Gallery
Monday, March 29, 2004
Five of Singapore’s most promising young artists investigate space as part of the latest group exhibition at Earl Lu Gallery at LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts. Featuring the artworks of Abdul Rashid Gapur, Khiew Huey Chian, Tang Ling Nah, Sawn Hwang and Lim Shing Ee, X-Ray: Spatial Approaches and Processes aims to examine both the artists’ developmental processes as well as their personal engagements with spatiality. It also intends to highlight these processes as a significant and integral aspect of contemporary art practice.
Says Lawrence Tio, the curator of the exhibition: “X-Ray: Spatial Approaches and Processes highlights the often-overlooked significance of process in contemporary art. In particular, it examines the processes involved in the creation of a spatially-oriented work. This exhibition takes as its premise, the processes and approaches of five Singaporean artists to their engagements with space.”
For instance, Khiew’s work seeks to question the functions of particular spaces. By installing a ‘house’ within an interior space of a gallery, he problematises the relationships between interior and exterior spaces. On the other hand, Abdul Rashid’s Rear View features unappealing laundry hung in a random yet organised manner – shadows and colours within the congested yet organised space. After simplification of these complex aesthetics using lines on aluminium sheets, they are repositioned and presented in a gallery – a space far removed from its origin. Hwang’s work, however, does not deal with spatial concerns on an aesthetic level – he aims to epitomise the concept of the artwork as a pure artistic form. His work, 88 Branded Pedestals shows 88 white Formica shelves fixed onto the entrance walls of the gallery. They are empty shelves with no objects or artwork on them – just empty spaces. Immediately viewers are challenged with the questions “what makes art?”, art and “if absence can be accepted as art?”. Meanwhile, Tang deviates from her usual methodology for this exhibition by leaving parts of her urbanscape drawing ‘incomplete’ and by continuing to develop the image throughout the duration of the exhibition. Lim’s work Sealed Medley, on the other hand, is an installation consisting of two ‘buildings’ – a smaller, organically-shaped ‘building’ made of clay, bringing to mind an earthiness that exudes a sense of being out in the open, natural landscape, as well as a larger wall-like structure that resembles an industrial power plant or factory.
Says Tio: “The dominating urban landscape of Singapore and its social implications has revealed itself to be a prevalent preoccupation among artists in Singapore. While this is an unquestionably significant issue, my concern is with the various processes and approaches through which local artists engage with space and spatiality. This exhibition will examine not only the results of these approaches but also reflect upon the processes taken along the way.”
Artist Talk
Abdul Rashid Gapur, Khiew Huey Chian, Tang Ling Nah, Sawn Hwang and Lim Shing Ee wiill each deliver a talk on their works and their underlying themes. This session will enable members of the public as well as art students to gain a greater insight into the modus operandi of the artists. The talk will conclude with a casual Question and Answer session with the curator and artists.
Sunday Art Trolley
The Sunday Art Trolley is a series of drawing sessions tailored for children between the ages of seven and twelve. Children are encouraged to express themselves through drawings and craft in response to the X-Ray exhibition by using a variety of drawing materials provided by the gallery. Participants will be guided by an art instructor and each session is 3 hours in duration. Admission and participation is free-of-charge.
INTERVIEWS with the curator, Lawrence Tio, and selected artists can be arranged.
Participating Artists
Abdul Rashid Gapur
Sawn Hwang
Khiew Huey Chian
Lim Shing Ee
Tang Ling Nah
Curator
Lawrence Tio - Curator, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
Event Information
Title
X-Ray: Spatial Approaches and Processes
Exhibition Preview
2 April 2004, 7pm-9pm
Exhibition Period
3 April - 26 April 2004
Venue
Earl Lu Gallery I
LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
90 Goodman Road
Viewing Hours
10 am – 6 pm, open daily
Admission
Free
Related Event I
Artist Talk
Date
7 April 2004
Venue
Earl Lu Gallery I
LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
90 Goodman Road
Time
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Admission
Free
Related Event II
Sunday Art Trolley
Dates
4, 11, 18 and 25 April 2004 (Sundays)
Time
2 – 5 pm
Venue
Earl Lu Gallery I
LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
90 Goodman Road
Instructor
David Chan
Misc. Info
• For children aged between 7 and 12 years old
• Admission and participation is free of charge
• Art materials provided
Public Enquiries and Guided Tours
Call 6340 9102/9116/9167 or email earllugallery@lasallesia.edu.sg
Media Enquiries
Avis Fontaine
Director Division of Marketing
LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
Tel: (65) 6340 9124 (DID) Fax: (65) 6346 5708
Email: avis.fontaine@lasallesia.edu.sg
Stephanie Goh Corporate Communications Executive Division of Marketing LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
Tel: (65) 6340 9125 (DID) Fax: (65) 6346 5708
Email: stephanie.goh@lasallesia.edu.sg
Note on the College name
LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
The name of the College always appears as “LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts” or “LASALLE-SIA” in short. “LASALLE-SIA” is always in uppercase, appears as one word and is hyphenated.
In Chinese, the College name appears as
拉萨尔 – 新航艺术学院
or, in short, 拉萨尔 – 新航
Sunday, March 28, 2004
STPI Public Lecture Series
presents
"Going, going, gone - Collecting Today"
A talk by Mr. John Tancock
Senior Vice President and Senior Specilist of Impressionist and Modern Art
Sotheby's New York
Date: 10 April 2004 Saturday
Time: 2.30pm
Venue: STPI Gallery
Mr. Tancock, senior vice president and director of Scholarship and Research, has been director of both the Contemporary Art and Impressionist and Modern Art Departments. He joined Sotheby’s in 1973. Mr. Tancock was responsible for cataloguing the paintings from the Robert C. Scull Collection, the first major event in the development of the market for Contemporary art at auction. He also played a major role in the sales of van Gogh’s Irises (1987), which sold for the then record of $53.9 million, and Pierre-August Renoir’s Au Moulin de la Galette (1990) which brought $78.1 million, the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction.
Singapore Tyler Print Institute 41 Robertson Quay (off Muhd. Sultan Road next to The Pier) Singapore 238236
Tel: (65) 6336 3663 Fax: (65) 6336 3553 Web: www.stpi.com.sg
Orita.Sinclair Front.Room Gallery presents:
Andrée Weschler
Sexuality and Religion : Once upon a Time in a Time
(2-15 April 2004)
Front Room.Gallery
69, Bussorah Street
Singapore 199482
Opening Reception
April 1st 2004 at 7.00pm
Art Performance in collaboration with
Jason Lim & Neng Mohd Saat
About Sexuality and Religion : Once upon a Time in a Time
Coming from a diverse cross cultural background, Andrée Weschler explores in Sexuality and Religion : Once upon a Time in a Time the roles of the human body and its representation. Issues of gender, sexuality, religion and body are explored through drawings, photography, installation and performance.
exhibition is supported by
National Arts Council Singapore,French Embassy Singapore & Interport Singapore
contact
Gradimir Aleksic
director-curator
fax 65 63980372
tel 65 63980276
www.frontroom.com.sg
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